When you get a free ticket to a game even when your team loses, that's how.

The Chiefs lost the second-to-last home game of the season last night 6-2 to the Scranton Wilkes/Barre Yankees, but everyone in attendance gets a free ticket to tonight's final home game of the season vs the Yankees because the error free guarantee came through.

That really puts it into perspective just how mind-boggling Sunday's 10 error performance was for the Chiefs. They didn't come close to committing an error in last night's game. Yet, the last time they played at ABS, they had 10 freaking errors.

Ten!.

Ahhh...Baseball. You gotta love it.

So the Chiefs will try to close out the home schedule with a win tonight and as the clever promotion described in the link above says, anyone with a ticket stub from last night's game gets in free tonight.

Hey, why stop now? While you are in the guarantee business, how about if the Chiefs beat the Yankees tonight, everyone with a ticket stub gets a free ticket to opening day on April 3, 2008?

After the jump...

*A turf update. The fake stuff is getting ripped out very soon

*Amy Whinehouse may not want to go to rehab, but Doug Mientkiewicz sure likes it.

*Steven White's not-so-dominant but dominant performance

*Comings and goings to report

*Tonight is the last home game of the season!

*and more

One streak continues...

LF Adam Lind extended his hitting streak to seven games with an RBI single in the 8th inning

Another one ends

SS Hector Luna's 12-game hitting streak came to a close as he went 0-for-4 with 2 K's, a flyout, and a fielder's choice in last night's game.

Power was out

After hitting four home runs on Tuesday night vs Buffalo (Barker, Hattig, Corrente, Lydon), the Chiefs did not go yard in last night's game.

Roster Update

*Pitcher Joe Kennedy was added to the Chiefs roster on Wednesday and Doug Davis wasted no time getting him some action.

Kennedy, a veteran of several major league teams, entered the game in the 7th inning and went 0.2 innings allowing 2 hits and a walk before getting the heave ho.

* IF Howie Clark was added to the DL

*IF Al Quintana was activated off the DL

Injury Update

*C Sal Fasano caught a bullpen session yesterday and is slowing but surely working his way back to game speed

*C Robinzon Diaz may need to go under the knife to correct the hand injury that has kept him on the shelf.

They tried to make Doug Mientkiewicz go to rehab...

He said...yes yes yes. Mientkiewicz has been on fire since coming off the DL on August 21. He hit .429 with 8 RBI with the Tampa Yankees, including a performance on August 23 where he went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles and 5 RBI.

Last night, Mientkiewicz was 3-for-5 with a solo HR, RBI Double, and a single. He also made a heart-ripping double play in the bottom of the 8th that stopped a Chiefs rally stone cold.

I'd say he is more than ready to head back to the Bronx and be ready to contribute off the bench in September.

White Washed

Yankees starter Steven White got the job done.

White went 7.0 innings, giving up 3 hits with 7K's and 5 walks. It's a deceptive line as you never got the feeling White was dominating the Chiefs. It was more of an efficient start rather than a dominant one.

Whatever you want to call it, it worked. And this after White was tagged for 10 hits and only lasted 5.0 innings in his last outing vs Rochester on August 24.

No Ian for you!!

Top Yankees pitching prospect Ian Kennedy was scheduled to start tonight's game vs Syracuse, but he has been summoned to take Mike Mussina's next start this weekend.

Funny story about Kennedy's call up. He found out he had been called up by watching the ticker on ESPN as his manager didn't make phone contact with Yankees GM Brian Cashman before the news got out about his promotion. (Hat tip to Ed Gonser for the tip on that story)

Turf Update

The fake stuff is scheduled to meet it's maker and get ripped out starting on Tuesday. If all goes well, the grass should be installed and in place for next season by Mid-October.

There is a black pad under the turf and then a layer of blacktop that has to be ripped out before the sod can be laid down.

That installation process can't go fast enough. Thank the baseball gods this is the last night we have to look at that horrid turf in that stadium.

Look for more updates on the turf-to-grass transformation in the coming weeks right here on "The Axeman Bloggeth"

If this is it, please let me know

Last home game *sniffle* of the *sniffle* season tonight. While it is sad to see another Chiefs season wind down, it's also a joyous occasion in the sense that horrid fake turf will longer haunt our baseball dreams in this town.

The Yankees are in town, there is fireworks after the game, anyone with a ticket stub from last night gets in free, and the turf gets one more go around.